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href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%90%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="ऐब्टाबाद – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="ऐब्टाबाद" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6" title="অ্যাব্‌টাবাদ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অ্যাব্‌টাবাদ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott%C4%81b%C4%81d_(kapital_sa_distrito_sa_Pakistan)" title="Abbottābād (kapital sa distrito sa Pakistan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Abbottābād (kapital sa distrito sa Pakistan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott%C3%A1b%C3%A1d" title="Abbottábád – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Abbottábád" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84" title="Αμποταμπάντ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αμποταμπάντ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abotabad" title="Abotabad – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Abotabad" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="ایبت‌آباد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایبت‌آباد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%B3%B4%ED%83%80%EB%B0%94%EB%93%9C" title="아보타바드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아보타바드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%90%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="ऐब्टाबाद – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ऐब्टाबाद" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98%D7%90%D7%91%D7%90%D7%93" title="אבוטאבאד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אבוטאבאד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D" title="ಅಬ್ಬೊಟ್ಟಾಬಾದ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅಬ್ಬೊಟ್ಟಾಬಾದ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="აბოტაბადი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აბოტაბადი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abotabadas" title="Abotabadas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Abotabadas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbot%C3%A1b%C3%A1d" title="Abbotábád – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Abbotábád" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%B2%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="ॲबोटाबाद – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ॲबोटाबाद" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="ابوت آباد – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ابوت آباد" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="एबटाबाद – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="एबटाबाद" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9C%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89" title="アボッターバード – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アボッターバード" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad" title="Abbottabad – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Abbottabad" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6" title="ਐਬਟਾਬਾਦ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਐਬਟਾਬਾਦ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%B9_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="ایبٹ آباد – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایبٹ آباد" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%90%D8%A8%D9%BC_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="اېبټ اباد – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" 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.ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Abbottabad</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ur"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">ایبٹ آباد</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbottabad_City_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Abbottabad_City_view.jpg/250px-Abbottabad_City_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Abbottabad_City_view.jpg/375px-Abbottabad_City_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Abbottabad_City_view.jpg/500px-Abbottabad_City_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="960" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_at_mukshpuri_top_Nathiagali_Hills,Abbottabad_District,Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/View_at_mukshpuri_top_Nathiagali_Hills%2CAbbottabad_District%2CKhyber_Pakhtunkhwa.jpg/125px-View_at_mukshpuri_top_Nathiagali_Hills%2CAbbottabad_District%2CKhyber_Pakhtunkhwa.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/View_at_mukshpuri_top_Nathiagali_Hills%2CAbbottabad_District%2CKhyber_Pakhtunkhwa.jpg/188px-View_at_mukshpuri_top_Nathiagali_Hills%2CAbbottabad_District%2CKhyber_Pakhtunkhwa.jpg 1.5x, 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.pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pakistan_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abbottabad is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa"><img alt="Abbottabad is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Pakistan_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_location_map.svg/250px-Pakistan_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Pakistan_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_location_map.svg/375px-Pakistan_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Pakistan_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_location_map.svg/500px-Pakistan_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="859" data-file-height="1154" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.192%;left:77.526%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Abbottabad"><img alt="Abbottabad" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Abbottabad</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pakistan_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abbottabad is located in Pakistan"><img alt="Abbottabad is located in Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pakistan_location_map.svg/250px-Pakistan_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pakistan_location_map.svg/375px-Pakistan_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pakistan_location_map.svg/500px-Pakistan_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2365" data-file-height="1890" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:22.62%;left:63.597%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Abbottabad"><img alt="Abbottabad" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Abbottabad</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Pakistan</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Pakistan</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abbottabad is located in Asia"><img alt="Abbottabad is located in Asia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Asia_laea_location_map.svg/250px-Asia_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Asia_laea_location_map.svg/375px-Asia_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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Asia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Abbottabad&params=34_9_21_N_73_13_10_E_region:PK-NW_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°9′21″N</span> <span class="longitude">73°13′10″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.15583°N 73.21944°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.15583; 73.21944</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Pakistan">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/45px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="793" data-file-height="528" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Pakistan" title="Divisions of Pakistan">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hazara_Division" title="Hazara Division">Hazara</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Pakistan">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_District" title="Abbottabad District">Abbottabad</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1863</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">District Government</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Shuja Nabi<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf" title="Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf">PTI</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Commissioner">Deputy Commissioner</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Khalid Iqbal<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,256 m (4,121 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2023_Census_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Census of Pakistan">2023</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-census2017_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City</div></th><td class="infobox-data">275,890</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest cities in Pakistan">40th, Pakistan</a>; <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_by_population" title="List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population">4th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> </th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_Cantonment" title="Abbottabad Cantonment">Abbottabad Cantonment</a></b>: 138,311<br /><b>Abbottabad Municipal Committee</b>: 107,369</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Abbottabadi</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5">UTC+5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Standard_Time" title="Pakistan Standard Time">PKT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of dialling codes of Pakistan">Calling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0992</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of <a href="/wiki/Union_councils_of_Pakistan" title="Union councils of Pakistan">Union Councils</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6<sup id="cite_ref-uc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dga.com.pk/">dga<wbr />.com<wbr />.pk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Abbottabad</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">AB</span>-ə-tə-bahd</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindko_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindko language">Hindko</a>: <span lang="hnd" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">ایبٹ آباد</span></span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Hindko-language romanization"><i lang="hnd-Latn">aibṭabād</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ur-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[ɛːbʈəˈbaːd]</a></span>) is a city in the <a href="/wiki/Hazara_Division" title="Hazara Division">Hazara Division</a> of <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> province, Pakistan. It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most populous cities in Pakistan">40th largest city</a> in the country and <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_by_population" title="List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population">6th largest</a> in the province by population, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake <a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_Tehsil" title="Abbottabad Tehsil">tehsil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_District" title="Abbottabad District">district</a>. It is about 120 km (75 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Islamabad%E2%80%93Rawalpindi_metropolitan_area" title="Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area">Islamabad-Rawalpindi</a> and 150 km (95 mi) east of <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a>, at an elevation of 1,256 m (4,121 ft). <a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Kashmir</a> lies a short distance to the east. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The name combines the name of the city founder, <a href="/wiki/James_Abbott_(Indian_Army_officer)" title="James Abbott (Indian Army officer)">Major James Abbott</a>, and the Persian ending <a href="/wiki/Oikonyms_in_Western_and_South_Asia#Ābād" title="Oikonyms in Western and South Asia"><i>ābād</i></a>, meaning "settlement, town of". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Anglo-Sikh War">Second Anglo-Sikh War</a>, The <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> annexed the entire <a href="/wiki/Punjab_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab region">Punjab region</a> up to <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a>. Abbottabad was founded in the early 1850s, by a British military officer in the <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Army" title="Bengal Army">Bengal Army</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Abbott_(Indian_Army_officer)" title="James Abbott (Indian Army officer)">James Abbott</a>, and replaced <a href="/wiki/Haripur,_Pakistan" title="Haripur, Pakistan">Haripur</a> as <a href="/wiki/Hazara_region" title="Hazara region">Hazara's</a> capital. </p><p>On 9 November 1901, the British established a <a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province" title="North-West Frontier Province">North-West Frontier Province</a> from the north-western districts of <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(British_India)" title="Punjab Province (British India)">The Punjab</a>. This meant that Abbottabad was now a part of the newly formed province. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Independence_Act_1947" title="Indian Independence Act 1947">Announcement of Partition of the British Raj</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan" title="Dominion of Pakistan">Dominion of Pakistan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Dominion of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/1947_North-West_Frontier_Province_referendum" title="1947 North-West Frontier Province referendum">a referendum was held in the NWFP</a> and the result was in favor of Pakistan. In <a href="/wiki/One_Unit_Scheme" title="One Unit Scheme">1955</a>, Abbottabad and the whole NWFP became a part of <a href="/wiki/West_Pakistan" title="West Pakistan">West Pakistan</a>, but the province was established again in <a href="/wiki/Legal_Framework_Order,_1970" title="Legal Framework Order, 1970">1970</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hazara_District" title="Hazara District">Hazara District</a> and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new <a href="/wiki/Hazara_Division" title="Hazara Division">Hazara Division</a> with its capital at Abbottabad. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a>, founder of the Islamist militant group <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a>, held refuge at <a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden%27s_compound_in_Abbottabad" title="Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad">a compound</a> in Abbottabad, where he was <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">shot and killed</a> by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">U.S. forces</a> on 2 May 2011. </p><p>Established in 1947, Abbottabad houses the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a>'s initial officer training academy, the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Military_Academy" title="Pakistan Military Academy">Pakistan Military Academy</a>, referred to by its acronym, PMA. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hazara-Region_in_Pakistan_von_James_Abbott.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Hazara-Region_in_Pakistan_von_James_Abbott.jpg/220px-Hazara-Region_in_Pakistan_von_James_Abbott.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Hazara-Region_in_Pakistan_von_James_Abbott.jpg/330px-Hazara-Region_in_Pakistan_von_James_Abbott.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Hazara-Region_in_Pakistan_von_James_Abbott.jpg/440px-Hazara-Region_in_Pakistan_von_James_Abbott.jpg 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="645" /></a><figcaption>The Rock Aornos from Huzara. From Nature by <a href="/wiki/James_Abbott_(Indian_Army_officer)" title="James Abbott (Indian Army officer)">James Abbott</a> 1850</figcaption></figure> <p>Abbottabad was founded and named after Major James Abbott in January 1853 as the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Hazara_District" title="Hazara District">Hazara District</a> during the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a> after the annexation of <a href="/wiki/Punjab_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab region">Punjab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained the first Deputy Commissioner of the Hazara district from 1845 until April 1853. Major Abbott is noted for having written a poem titled "<a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_(poem)" title="Abbottabad (poem)">Abbottabad</a>", before his return to Britain, in which he wrote of his fondness for the town and his sadness at having to leave it. In 1849, Major Abbott, a Deputy Commissioner appointed by the British East Company, shifted Hazara Gojaran's headquarter from Haripur Gojaran to the newly established Abbottabad. </p><p>In the early 20th century, Abbottabad became an important military <a href="/wiki/Cantonment" title="Cantonment">cantonment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sanatorium" title="Sanatorium">sanatorium</a>, serving as the headquarters of a brigade in the Second Division of the Northern Army Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The garrison consisted of four battalions of native infantry, of the Frontier Force (including the <a href="/wiki/5th_Gurkha_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Gurkha Rifles">5th Gurkha Rifles</a>) and two native mountain batteries.<sup id="cite_ref-IGI_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGI-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_scene_in_Abbottabad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sunset_scene_in_Abbottabad.jpg/220px-Sunset_scene_in_Abbottabad.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sunset_scene_in_Abbottabad.jpg/330px-Sunset_scene_in_Abbottabad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sunset_scene_in_Abbottabad.jpg/440px-Sunset_scene_in_Abbottabad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2587" data-file-height="1932" /></a><figcaption>A sunset scene in Abbottabad</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1901, the population of the town and cantonment was 7,764 with an average income of Rs. 14,900.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This increased to Rs. 22,300 in 1903, chiefly derived from <a href="/wiki/Octroi" title="Octroi">octroi</a>. During this time chief public institutions were built such as the Albert Victor Unaided Anglo-Vernacular High School, the Municipal Anglo-Vernacular High School and the government dispensary.<sup id="cite_ref-IGI_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGI-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1911, the population had risen to 11,506 and the town contained four battalions of Gurkhas.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1948, the <a href="/wiki/British_Red_Cross" title="British Red Cross">British Red Cross</a> opened a hospital in Abbottabad to deal with thousands of injured people being brought in from Kashmir.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2005_earthquake">October 2005 earthquake</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake" title="2005 Kashmir earthquake">2005 Kashmir earthquake</a></div> <p>In October 2005, Abbottabad was devastated by the <a href="/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake" title="2005 Kashmir earthquake">Kashmir earthquake</a>. Although most of Abbottabad survived, many older buildings were destroyed or severely damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_events">Recent events</h3></div> <p>On 25 January 2011, Indonesian terrorist <a href="/wiki/Umar_Patek" title="Umar Patek">Umar Patek</a> was arrested in Abbottabad. Patek, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Jemaah_Islamiyah" title="Jemaah Islamiyah">Jemaah Islamiyah</a> terrorist group, was wanted in connection with a deadly <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve_2000_Indonesia_bombings" title="Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings">series of church bombings in Indonesia in 2000</a>, and three attacks that killed 202 people in tourist districts of Indonesia in what became known as the <a href="/wiki/2002_Bali_bombings" title="2002 Bali bombings">Bali bombings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn20110415_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn20110415-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Osama_bin_Laden's_hideout"><span id="Osama_bin_Laden.27s_hideout"></span>Osama bin Laden's hideout</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Killing of Osama bin Laden</a></div> <p>On 2 May 2011, Abbottabad gained worldwide attention when U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> announced that <a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a> had been killed in his <a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden%27s_compound_in_Abbottabad" title="Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad">compound in the city</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian20110502_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian20110502-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2012, nine months after bin Laden was killed, Pakistani authorities demolished the compound where Osama bin Laden had lived.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible sortable"> <caption>Religious groups in Abbottabad City (1881−2017)<sup id="cite_ref-AbbottabadCity1881to1941_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AbbottabadCity1881to1941-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Pakistan" title="Religion in Pakistan">Religious</a><br />group </th> <th colspan="2">1881<sup id="cite_ref-Census1881_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1881-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1881B_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1881B-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1881C_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1881C-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1901<sup id="cite_ref-Census1901_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1901-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1901B_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1901B-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1911<sup id="cite_ref-Census1911_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1911B_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911B-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1921<sup id="cite_ref-Census1921_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1921-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1921B_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1921B-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1931<sup id="cite_ref-Census1931_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1931-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1941<sup id="cite_ref-Census1941_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1941-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2017<sup id="cite_ref-Census2017B_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2017B-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-ad-dharmi_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-dharmi-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2,151 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001513487705896395♠" style="display:none"></span>51.35% </td> <td>4,438 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001571612570839773♠" style="display:none"></span>57.16% </td> <td>6,828 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001593429515035633♠" style="display:none"></span>59.34% </td> <td>7,346 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001539353891336270♠" style="display:none"></span>53.94% </td> <td>7,753 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001479616455304670♠" style="display:none"></span>47.96% </td> <td>11,886 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001433415985997666♠" style="display:none"></span>43.34% </td> <td>57 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998232018561484918♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>1,649 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001393650035808068♠" style="display:none"></span>39.37% </td> <td>2,904 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001374034003091190♠" style="display:none"></span>37.4% </td> <td>3,729 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001324091778202676♠" style="display:none"></span>32.41% </td> <td>5,007 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001367621145374449♠" style="display:none"></span>36.76% </td> <td>7,026 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001434642746674914♠" style="display:none"></span>43.46% </td> <td>12,192 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001444574095682613♠" style="display:none"></span>44.46% </td> <td>243,665 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001991838645337241♠" style="display:none"></span>99.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td>306 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000730484602530436♠" style="display:none"></span>7.3% </td> <td>329 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000423750643997939♠" style="display:none"></span>4.24% </td> <td>785 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000682252737702068♠" style="display:none"></span>6.82% </td> <td>879 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000645374449339207♠" style="display:none"></span>6.45% </td> <td>1,039 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000642746674914939♠" style="display:none"></span>6.43% </td> <td>2,680 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000977246207701283♠" style="display:none"></span>9.77% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>93 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000119783616692426♠" style="display:none"></span>1.2% </td> <td>164 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000142534329914827♠" style="display:none"></span>1.43% </td> <td>388 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000284875183553597♠" style="display:none"></span>2.85% </td> <td>346 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000214042684812867♠" style="display:none"></span>2.14% </td> <td>298 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000108663943990665♠" style="display:none"></span>1.09% </td> <td>1,811 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999737167745349452♠" style="display:none"></span>0.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Faravahar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/15px-Faravahar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/23px-Faravahar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/30px-Faravahar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997618620476337766♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_of_David.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/15px-Star_of_David.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/23px-Star_of_David.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/30px-Star_of_David.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="693" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/15px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/23px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/30px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="697" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmadiyya</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg/15px-Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg/23px-Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg/30px-Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>45 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998183172548540725♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td>83 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000198137980424922♠" style="display:none"></span>1.98% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>368 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000134189031505250♠" style="display:none"></span>1.34% </td> <td>92 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998374486099238816♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total population </th> <th>4,189 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>7,764 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>11,506 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>13,620 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>16,165 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>27,424 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>245,670 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Topography">Topography</h2></div> <p>Abbottabad is in the Orash Valley lying between 34°92′N latitude and 73°13′E longitude at an altitude of 1,256 m (4,121 ft). To the north is the picturesque <a href="/wiki/Kaghan_Valley" title="Kaghan Valley">Kaghan Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2></div> <p>Abbottabad has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>, with mild to warm temperatures during the spring and autumn months, hot temperatures during June and July, and cool to mild temperatures during the winter. The temperature can rise as high as 38 °C (100 °F) during the mid-summer months and drop below −5 °C (23 °F) during the extreme cold waves. Snowfall occurs occasionally in December and January, though it is sparse, while heavy rainfall occurs during the monsoon season stretching from July to September and frequently cause flooding in lower lying parts of the city. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Abbottabad </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(92.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #54FF54; color:#000000;" class="notheme">104<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #47FF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">123<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #008600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">252<br />(9.9) </td> <td style="background: #009200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">244<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #BEFFBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #D2FFD2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,262<br />(49.6) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Climate-Data.org<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sajikot_Waterfall,_Havelian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Sajikot_Waterfall%2C_Havelian.jpg/220px-Sajikot_Waterfall%2C_Havelian.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Sajikot_Waterfall%2C_Havelian.jpg/330px-Sajikot_Waterfall%2C_Havelian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Sajikot_Waterfall%2C_Havelian.jpg/440px-Sajikot_Waterfall%2C_Havelian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1329" /></a><figcaption>Sajikot Waterfall</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Miranjani_from_Nathiagali.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Miranjani_from_Nathiagali.JPG/220px-Miranjani_from_Nathiagali.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Miranjani_from_Nathiagali.JPG/330px-Miranjani_from_Nathiagali.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Miranjani_from_Nathiagali.JPG/440px-Miranjani_from_Nathiagali.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Miranjani from Nathia Gali</figcaption></figure> <p>Abbottabad has been attracting tourists to the city since the colonial era, as it is a major transit point to all major tourist regions of Pakistan such as <a href="/wiki/Nathiagali" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathiagali">Nathiagali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayubia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayubia">Ayubia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naran_(Valley)" class="mw-redirect" title="Naran (Valley)">Naran</a>. According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, "the town is picturesquely situated at the southern corner of the Rash (Orash) plain, 1,256 m (4,121 ft) above the sea".<sup id="cite_ref-IGI_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGI-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Highway" title="Karakoram Highway">Karakoram Highway</a>, which traces one of the paths of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a>, starts from <a href="/wiki/Hasan_Abdal" title="Hasan Abdal">Hasan Abdal</a> on the <a href="/wiki/N-5_National_Highway" title="N-5 National Highway">N5</a> and heads north passing through the city, eventually reaching <a href="/wiki/Khunjerab_Pass" title="Khunjerab Pass">Khunjerab Pass</a>. The Karakorum Highway is a major attraction itself for its views. The <a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Kush" title="Hindu Kush">Hindu Kush</a> ranges can be approached from Abbottabad, and it continues to be a transit city for tourists, serving as a base for visiting nearby places, such as <a href="/wiki/Hunza_(princely_state)" title="Hunza (princely state)">Hunza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a> and Indus Kohistan, of the <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Karakoram Range">Karakoram Range</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was an influx of migrants from <a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a> after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, another from the <a href="/wiki/Swat_District" title="Swat District">Swat District</a> during military operations against militants in 2009 and 2010, and from <a href="/wiki/Waziristan" title="Waziristan">Waziristan</a> after the army launched major operations against the Taliban in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A £19M <a href="/wiki/Amusement_park" title="Amusement park">amusement park</a> is under construction in the city on a 20-hectare (50-acre) site; it includes a zoo, adventure sports facilities, restaurants and artificial waterfalls.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Abbottabad" title="List of educational institutions in Abbottabad">List of educational institutions in Abbottabad</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comsats_Abbottabad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Comsats_Abbottabad.jpg/220px-Comsats_Abbottabad.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Comsats_Abbottabad.jpg/330px-Comsats_Abbottabad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Comsats_Abbottabad.jpg/440px-Comsats_Abbottabad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/COMSATS_Institute_of_Information_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="COMSATS Institute of Information Technology">COMSATS Institute of Information Technology</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jalal_Baba_Auditorium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Jalal_Baba_Auditorium.jpg/220px-Jalal_Baba_Auditorium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Jalal_Baba_Auditorium.jpg/330px-Jalal_Baba_Auditorium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Jalal_Baba_Auditorium.jpg/440px-Jalal_Baba_Auditorium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1485" data-file-height="925" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jalal_Baba_Auditorium" title="Jalal Baba Auditorium">Jalal Baba Auditorium</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Abbottabad has a very healthy literacy rate approximately 56% on an average.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city has a young demographic (ages 15–30) due to the large number of students who have come from across the country to study in its schools, for example <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_International_Public_School_and_College" title="Pakistan International Public School and College">PIPS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Army_Burn_Hall_College" title="Army Burn Hall College">Army Burn Hall College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Army_Public_College_Kakul_Campus" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Public College Kakul Campus">Army Public College Kakul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_Public_School" title="Abbottabad Public School">Abbottabad Public School</a>. </p><p>The city has a wide variety of post-secondary institutions, such as <a href="/wiki/Ayub_Medical_College" title="Ayub Medical College">Ayub Medical College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontier Medical College">Frontier Medical College</a>, <a href="/wiki/COMSATS_University_of_Science_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="COMSATS University of Science and Technology">COMSATS University of Science and Technology</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Engineering_and_Technology_(Peshawar)" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Engineering and Technology (Peshawar)">University of Engineering & Technology</a>. </p><p>Abbottabad is home to the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Military_Academy" title="Pakistan Military Academy">Pakistan Military Academy</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Coeducational" class="mw-redirect" title="Coeducational">coeducational</a> federal service military academy that provides training to the officers of the Pakistan Army.<sup id="cite_ref-pakistanarmy1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistanarmy1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The academy has three training battalions and 12 companies. Another 2,000 guests each year, from over 34 countries, receive some training at PMA. </p><p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Alif_Ailaan" title="Alif Ailaan">Alif Ailaan</a> Pakistan District Education Rankings 2014</i>, Abbottabad is ranked 37 out of 146 districts in Pakistan in the quality of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district is ranked 67 out of 146. <sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A detailed picture of the district's education performance is available online. <sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2></div> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kay_2_TV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kay 2 TV (page does not exist)">Kay 2 TV</a> is a local <a href="/wiki/Hindko" title="Hindko">Hindko</a>-language channel. Daily newspapers include <i>Roznama AAJ</i>, <i>Roznama Shamal</i>, <i>Kay 2 Times</i>, <i>Roznama Pine</i>, <i>Weekly Manzar</i>, <i>Daily Mahasib</i> and the Hindko newspaper <i>Chaita</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_Falcons" title="Abbottabad Falcons">Abbottabad Falcons</a> was the professional cricket team of Abbottabad who played in the national <a href="/wiki/Twenty20" title="Twenty20">Twenty20</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_A_cricket" title="List A cricket">List A cricket</a> tournaments. Sports facilities in the city include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_Cricket_Stadium" title="Abbottabad Cricket Stadium">Abbottabad Cricket Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbottabad_Hockey_Stadium" title="Abbottabad Hockey Stadium">Abbottabad Hockey Stadium</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2></div> <p>Abbottabad's main public transport consists of modified taxis. </p><p>Abbottabad is also served by <a href="/wiki/Daewoo_Express" title="Daewoo Express">Daewoo Express</a> and Niazi Express, the NATCO, Skyways and other bus services. </p><p>The nearest railway station is in <a href="/wiki/Havelian" title="Havelian">Havelian</a>, which is the last and most northern station on the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Railways" title="Pakistan Railways">Pakistan Railways</a> network. The station is approximately thirty minutes drive south from Abbottabad city centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AbbottabadCity1881to1941-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AbbottabadCity1881to1941_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1881-1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Abbottabad, which included Abbottabad Municipality and Abbottabad Cantonment.<sup id="cite_ref-Census1941_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1941-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 19">: 19 </span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ad-dharmi-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ad-dharmi_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1931-1941: Including <a href="/wiki/Ad-Dharmi" title="Ad-Dharmi">Ad-Dharmis</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/946686-pti-wins-abbottabad-mayor-slot">"PTI wins Abbottabad mayor slot"</a>. <i>www.thenews.com.pk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Name</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">District</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_by_population" title="List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population">Pop.</a> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bab-e-Khyber.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Peshawar"><img alt="Peshawar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Bab-e-Khyber.jpg/120px-Bab-e-Khyber.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Bab-e-Khyber.jpg/180px-Bab-e-Khyber.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Bab-e-Khyber.jpg/240px-Bab-e-Khyber.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2303" data-file-height="1687" /></a></span><br /><a 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